Chaos Reigns Supreme

I splashed J after washing my hands ~
J: No wet me!

D: The thunder is getting me a rainbow!  I love rainbows!

D: After the serious rain it's gonna be vegetable time!  It's getting strawberries, king-comers (cucumber), and zucchini in your garden!

D: I need to sleep in my bed.
Me: Me too.
D: No! Never-ever in my bed!
Me: Why?
D: Because I need to be in my bed. You need to be downstairs on the couch.
Me: Should I drink my coffee on the couch, or just go to sleep?
D: Never-ever sleep.

Me: Besides lunch, do you need anything else for camp?
C: Just $3,000,000.
Me: You have to work hard for that.
C: I just need $300.
Me: Big difference between that and 3 mil.
C: I know, but the thing I want is just $300.
Me: Still a big difference.
C: Well, that's without taxes.

D: This ice cream is too brr-cold.
Me: Well, yeah, it's ice cream.
D: I want it too hot for me.
Me: Then it wouldn't be ice cream.


(8/11) Work day for Dad and me, C had hockey camp, and the littles stayed with Amanda.  Sounds like everybody had a good day.

(8/12) Work day for Dad, and I had the kiddos. We had the contractor out to work on the porch this morning, and then Nanan out to stay with the littles and to meet the delivery truck, while I ran out to get C from hockey camp.  Wee!  Because things can't seem to happen one at a time around here.  Sheesh.

(8/13) Work day for me and Dad had the kiddos after waaaay too many 10-hour days in a row. I snuck in a quick run at the gym before coming home and then put the kiddos to bed so Dad could hit the gym.

(8/14) Work day (from home) for me and Dad had the kids. We finally got some "serious rain," which we all watched while having lunch together.  Dad took the kiddos out to watch the end of C's hockey camp, and then picked us up dinner on the way back.

(8/15) I hit the gym this morning for Zumba, sans kiddos since Dad was home.  After class we all trekked over to the dealership to look at a replacement for the minivan.  I have been making noise about maybe returning to a SUV since the van had some big repairs looming, and it was already over the 100,000 mile marker.  We test-drove a ginormous truck, which while cozier, should still fit us all when the littles aren't so little anymore. It will also haul the trailer and whatever else needs hauling.  Since we were not about to talk numbers with three very loud boys in tow, we pried them kicking and screaming out of the truck and took them home.  I had a coffee date with a friend, and while I was off at that, Dad figured the rest of stuff out with the truck. I hate buying cars, so was perfectly happy to let him do that!  I finished up the paperwork for the truck after my meetup and brought home the now dubbed "Minecraft Mobile."  Thank you, C.  The littles refused to go to bed without playing in the back of the truck, so I let them out there in their jammies for just a few extra minutes. Goofballs!

(8/16) Ugh.  Of course the twins would wake up super early on my one day to sleep.  And of course we would be out of coffee. I made instant coffee which is camp coffee without the camping.  Blech.  Once I finally got my whiny children out the door to the gym, I figured I'd earned a fancy real coffee after. But then the Safeway Sbux wouldn't let me use my free one, so I took my really expensive coffee to the park to hopefully clear up our collective foul mood.  But then I only brought ONE color of Goldfish with me (horrors!), and of course C had to go to the bathroom, and there weren't any at the park.  UGH!  Onward back home.  Grandma came over after lunch to go to the museum's Sandtastic event.  The kids spent a little time outside at the event booths, but mostly just begged to go inside and play at the museum.  So in we went.  Grandma treated us to ice cream after. We were all grumpy disasters for the rest of the day and I may have counted the seconds to bedtime starting from around 7a.  Dad got our front porch partially painted while we all grumped about inside.  Lookin' good!

D: Mama, I'm too early. Can you wake up me?

(8/17) I give up.  Plans for the day went out the window already, and it's not even 7 am.  C has Scouts camp this week, for which we've changed the transportation to/from no less than a dozen times.